Psalms 22

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1 1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so 2far from saving me, from the words of my 3groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by 4day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
3 Yet you are 5holy, 6enthroned on 7the praises[a] of Israel.
4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 To you they 8cried and were rescued; in you they 9trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am 10a worm and not a man, 11scorned by mankind and 12despised by the people.
7 All who see me 13mock me; they make mouths at me; they 14wag their heads;
8 15"He trusts in the LORD; let him 16deliver him; let him rescue him, for he 17delights in him!"
9 Yet you are he who 18took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth, and from 19my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 Be not 20far from me, for trouble is near, and there is 21none to help.
12 Many bulls encompass me; 22strong bulls of 23Bashan surround me;
13 they 24open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14 I am 25poured out like water, and all my bones are 26out of joint; my 27heart is like 28wax; it is melted within my breast;
15 my strength is 29dried up like a potsherd, and my 30tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
16 For 31dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers 32encircles me; they have 33pierced my hands and feet[b]--
17 I can count all my bones-- they 34stare and gloat over me;
18 35they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But you, O LORD, 36do not be far off! O you my help, 37come quickly to my aid!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of 38the dog!
21 Save me from 39the mouth of the lion! You have rescued[c] me from the horns of 40the wild oxen!
22 41I will tell of your name to my 42brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23 You who 43fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, 44glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of 45the afflicted, and he has not 46hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he 47cried to him.
25 From you comes my praise in the great 48congregation; my 49vows I will 50perform before those who fear him.
26 51The afflicted[d] shall 52eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts 53live forever!
27 All 54the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all 55the families of the nations shall worship before you.
28 For 56kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
29 All 57the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall 58bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not 59keep himself alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming 60generation;
31 they shall 61come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet 62unborn, that he has done it.

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Cross References 62

  • 1. Cited Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34
  • 2. ver. 11
  • 3. Psalms 32:3; Psalms 38:8; Job 3:24; Isaiah 59:11; [Hebrews 5:7]
  • 4. Psalms 88:1
  • 5. Leviticus 19:2
  • 6. [Psalms 80:1; Psalms 99:1]
  • 7. [Psalms 9:11, 14; Psalms 65:1; Psalms 102:21; Psalms 147:12]
  • 8. See Judges 3:9
  • 9. Psalms 25:2; Psalms 31:1; Psalms 71:1; Isaiah 49:23; Romans 9:33
  • 10. Job 25:6; Isaiah 41:14
  • 11. Psalms 69:19; Psalms 109:25
  • 12. Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 53:3
  • 13. See Matthew 27:39-43; Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35, 36
  • 14. Psalms 109:25; [Psalms 44:14; 2 Kings 19:21; Isaiah 37:22; Lamentations 2:15]
  • 15. [Psalms 37:5; Proverbs 16:3]
  • 16. Psalms 91:14
  • 17. Psalms 18:19; Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22
  • 18. Psalms 71:6
  • 19. Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 49:1; Galatians 1:15
  • 20. See ver. 1; Psalms 10:1
  • 21. Psalms 107:12; 2 Kings 14:26; Isaiah 63:5
  • 22. [Psalms 68:30(Heb.)]
  • 23. Amos 4:1
  • 24. Psalms 35:21; Job 16:10; Lamentations 2:16; Lamentations 3:46
  • 25. [Lamentations 2:11]
  • 26. [Daniel 5:6]
  • 27. [Job 23:16; Nahum 2:10]; See Joshua 2:11
  • 28. See Psalms 68:2
  • 29. Proverbs 17:22
  • 30. [John 19:28; See Job 29:10]
  • 31. [Philippians 3:2; Revelation 22:15]
  • 32. Psalms 88:17
  • 33. Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; Luke 24:40; John 19:23, 37; John 20:25; [Zechariah 12:10]
  • 34. Luke 23:35
  • 35. Cited John 19:24; [Matthew 27:35; Luke 23:34]
  • 36. [See ver. 11 above]
  • 37. Psalms 38:22
  • 38. [Philippians 3:2; Revelation 22:15]
  • 39. 2 Timothy 4:17
  • 40. See Numbers 23:22
  • 41. Cited Hebrews 2:12; [Psalms 102:21; John 17:6]
  • 42. Matthew 28:10; John 20:17; Romans 8:29
  • 43. Psalms 135:20
  • 44. Psalms 50:15, 23
  • 45. [Isaiah 53:4, 7]
  • 46. Psalms 10:1; Psalms 13:1; See Job 13:24
  • 47. Hebrews 5:7
  • 48. Psalms 35:18; Psalms 40:9, 10; Psalms 111:1
  • 49. Leviticus 7:16
  • 50. Psalms 66:13; Jonah 2:9; See Psalms 50:14
  • 51. Psalms 69:32
  • 52. Isaiah 25:6; Isaiah 65:13
  • 53. John 6:51
  • 54. Psalms 2:8; Psalms 67:7
  • 55. Psalms 96:7
  • 56. Obadiah 21; [Psalms 47:8; Zechariah 14:9]
  • 57. [Psalms 45:12]
  • 58. Psalms 72:9; [Philippians 2:10]
  • 59. Ezekiel 18:27
  • 60. Psalms 48:13; Psalms 71:18
  • 61. Psalms 86:9; [Isaiah 60:3]
  • 62. Psalms 78:6; Psalms 102:18

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or dwelling in the praises
  • [b]. Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet
  • [c]. Hebrew answered
  • [d]. Or The meek

Psalms 22 Commentaries

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